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EXPLANATION OP PLATES 280-283. 



PLATE 280. 



Eucalyptus crucis Maiden.' 



la, 16, \c. Successive stages of opposite juvenile leaves tending towards maturity ; Id, buds and flowers. 

 Yorkrakinc Rocks, Westonia, Western Australia. (C. A. Gardner, No. 1750, Western Australian 

 Forests Department Herbarium, 5th October ; 1922.) 



2. Pair of leaves (from a cultivated tree) almost as advanced as those of lc. The tree continues to be 

 cultivated at Sydney to see to what extent the leaves progress towards falcateness, a sign of 

 maturity. [To supplement Plate 242, which shows leaves far more mature than those of the 

 present Plate. 1 



E. Kondininensis Maiden and Blakely, n. sp. 



3a. Juvenile leaves, not quite opposite and therefore not quite in the earliest stage; 36, 3c, mature leaves 

 those of 3c being the narrower and more mature ; 3d, buds ; 3e, front and back view of anther ; 

 3/j fruits. Kondinin, Western Australia (C. A. Gardner, No. 1966, Western Australian Forests 

 Department Herbarium, 9th July, 1923.) The type. 



E. terminalis F.v.M. var. longijiedata, n. var., Maiden and Blakely. 



4a. Twig with mature leaves, flowers with persistent styles and stigmas, calyx-tubes perfectly glabrous 

 and even shiny; 46, front and back views of anthers. Darwin, Northern Territory. C. E. F. 

 Allen, March, 1914, No. 181.) The type. 



5. Umbel with four buds in situ, the buds quite smooth, like the preceding. Darwin, — Schultz 

 (National Herbarium, Melbourne.) [To supplement Plates 164, 165, of E. terminalis F.v.M.] 



PLATE 281. 



E. palellaris F.v.M. 



If/, 16. Leaves, those of 16 being more mature than la. See also those figured at figs, la-d, plate 163, 

 which are comparativel} 7 short ; le, compound umbel of fruits showing some deciduous disc slightly 

 hinged to the valves of the fruit and indicating a CorymbosEe affinity. The disc of some of the 

 Coryrnbosfc separate from the fruit in a similar manner. Id, top of fruit, enlarged, showing the 

 tips of the valves and the marked rim, and also le, a broad deciduous disc slightly adhering to 

 the carpels, but not fused to it. Mataranka Station, Roper River, Northern Territory. (C. E. F 

 Allen, August, 1922.) [To supplement Plate 163.] 



E. Pimpiniana Maiden. 



2a. Buds ; 26, front and back views of immature anthers ; 2c, twig with mature leaves and fruits ; 2d, fruits, 

 not quite mature ; 2e, fruits, ripe and almost cylindrical. Immana, near Ooldea, South Australia 

 (Transcontinental Railway). (Prof. J. B. Cleland, M.D.). [Supplementing 2a, 26, Plate 72.] 



E. cijlindriflora Maiden and Blakely, n.sp. 



3a. Juvenile leaves in the opposite stage; 36, juvenile leaf, further advanced, in the alternate stage; 3c, 

 twig with mature leaves, buds and flowers; 3d, front and back views of anthers; 3c, fruits. 

 Bendering, Western Australia (C. A. Gardner, No. 1909, Western Australian Forests Herbarium 

 5th February, 1923.) The type. 



